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29-30PitPir
1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
Division 5th American
1929–30 record 5–36–3
Goals for 102
Goals against 185
Team information
General manager Frank Fredrickson
Coach Frank Fredrickson
Arena Duquesne Gardens
Team leaders
Goals Gerry Lowrey (16)
Assists Harold Darragh (17)
Points Harold Darragh (32)
Penalty minutes Rodger Smith (65)
Wins Joe Miller (5)
Goals against average Joe Miller (4.08)

The 1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season was the franchise's last season in Pittsburgh, moving in 1930 to Philadelphia. The Pirates had an extremely poor season, winning only five of 44 games to finish last in the American Division, missing the playoffs. It would be the last NHL game in Pittsburgh until 1967.

Pre-season[]

The Pirates suffered injuries to several players in training camp including Harold Darragh fracturing a rib and Gerry Lowrey spraining his ankle.

Regular Season[]

The November 19, 1929 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs was a wild scoring affair in which two defensemen scored 4 goals, the Pirates John McKinnon and the Leafs Hap Day. Hib Milks of the Pirates also had a hat trick while Frank Fredrickson had 7 points as Pittsburgh triumphed 10-5.

Herb Drury suffered a broken hand during the 5-3 loss on November 23, 1929 to the New York Rangers and missed 17 games. Frank Fredrickson performed three roles on the team (manager, coach and centreman) and had an excellent start to the season, scoring 11 points in the first 9 games. However, his knee was injured in the December 12, 1929 game against the Boston Bruins and his missed the rest of the season.

Goalie Red Spooner played his only NHL game during the Pirates 6-5 loss to the Rangers on January 18, 1930.

The Pirates finished last in the league and had the fifth worst season in NHL history, winning only 5 games and posting a 0.148 winning percentage.

Final Standings[]

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins 44 38 5 1 179 98 77
Chicago Black Hawks 44 21 18 5 117 111 47
New York Rangers 44 17 17 10 136 143 44
Detroit Cougars 44 14 24 6 117 133 34
Pittsburgh Pirates 44 5 36 3 102 185 13

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 16, 1929 2–5 Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 0–1–0
2 W November 19, 1929 10–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 1–1–0
3 L November 23, 1929 3–5 New York Rangers (1929–30) 1–2–0
4 L November 26, 1929 2–9 @ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 1–3–0
5 L November 30, 1929 2–6 Boston Bruins (1929–30) 1–4–0
6 L December 3, 1929 1–2 @ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 1–5–0
7 L December 5, 1929 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 1–6–0
8 L December 8, 1929 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1929–30) 1–7–0
9 L December 10, 1929 4–5 @ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 1–8–0
10 W December 14, 1929 8–1 New York Americans (1929–30) 2–8–0
11 L December 15, 1929 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 2–9–0
12 T December 17, 1929 3–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 2–9–1
13 L December 21, 1929 1–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 2–10–1
14 L December 22, 1929 1–6 @ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 2–11–1
15 W December 26, 1929 3–1 Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 3–11–1
16 L December 29, 1929 2–3 @ New York Americans (1929–30) 3–12–1
17 W January 2, 1930 3–1 Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 4–12–1
18 L January 5, 1930 3–8 @ New York Rangers (1929–30) 4–13–1
19A L January 9, 1930 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 4–14–1
20 L January 11, 1930 1–3 New York Americans (1929–30) 4–15–1
21 L January 12, 1930 2–3 @ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 4–16–1
22 L January 14, 1930 2–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 4–17–1
23 L January 18, 1930 5–6 New York Rangers (1929–30) 4–18–1
24 L January 21, 1930 4–7 @ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 4–19–1
25B L January 25, 1930 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 4–20–1
26 T January 26, 1930 1–1 OT @ New York Americans (1929–30) 4–20–2
27 L January 28, 1930 0–6 @ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 4–21–2
28 W February 1, 1930 3–2 Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 5–21–2
29 L February 4, 1930 1–5 Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 5–22–2
30 L February 9, 1930 1–8 @ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 5–23–2
31C L February 12, 1930 3–4 Boston Bruins (1929–30) 5–24–2
32 L February 13, 1930 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1929–30) 5–25–2
33 L February 15, 1930 1–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 5–26–2
34 L February 18, 1930 2–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 5–27–2
35 L February 20, 1930 0–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 5–28–2
36 L February 22, 1930 4–5 Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 5–29–2
37 L February 25, 1930 0–7 @ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 5–30–2
38 L March 1, 1930 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 5–31–2
39 L March 2, 1930 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 5–32–2
40B L March 8, 1930 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 5–33–2
41 L March 11, 1930 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 5–34–2
42 T March 13, 1930 2–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 5–34–3
43 L March 15, 1930 3–4 OT New York Rangers (1929–30) 5–35–3
44C L March 18, 1930 2–4 Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 5–36–3

A - Originally scheduled to be played at Pittsburgh, it was moved to Boston.[1]
B - Played at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
C - Played at Peace Bridge Arena, Fort Erie, Ontario.

Playoffs[]

  • The Pirates did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring
# Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
6 Darragh, HaroldHarold Darragh LW 42 15 17 32 6
7 Lowrey, GerryGerry Lowrey LW 44 16 14 30 30
4 Milks, HibHib Milks LW/C 41 13 11 24 36
12 Jarvis, JamesJames Jarvis LW 44 11 8 19 32
9 McKinnon, JohnJohn McKinnon D 41 10 7 17 42
5 Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson C 9 4 7 11 20
2 Fraser, GordGord Fraser D 30 6 4 10 37
10 White, TexTex White RW 29 8 1 9 16
11 Briden, ArchieArchie Briden LW 29 4 3 7 20
2 McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey RW/D 15 3 4 7 12
14 Barton, CliffCliff Barton RW 39 4 2 6 4
15 Manners, RennisonRennison Manners C 33 3 2 5 14
3 Smith, RodgerRodger Smith D 42 2 1 3 65
8 Drury, HerbHerb Drury D/RW 27 2 0 2 12
5 Spring, JesseJesse Spring D 22 1 0 1 18
15 Spooner, RedRed Spooner G 1 0 0 0 0
1 Miller, JoeJoe Miller G 43 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Miller, JoeJoe Miller 2630 43 5 35 3 179 4.08 0
Spooner, RedRed Spooner 60 1 0 1 0 6 6.00 0
Team: 2690 44 5 36 3 185 4.13 0

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

  • The Pirates did not receive any awards this season.

Transactions[]

Trivia[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. Boston Globe, p.25, December 20, 1929.


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